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Lot 1
Sale 5226 - British & European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Paintings
Oct 16, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Russian gilt-bronze table bell in the form of the 'Tsarskii Kolokol' likely Moscow, 19th century
Finely cast, detailed, and chased, in the form of the 'Tsarskii Kolokol' now in the Kremlin, the Cross surmounting an orb and pierced mount, the bell below with the broken piece outlined in cast; the interior lip of the bell finely engraved in Russian: "Otlit' v' 1733 g. vysom' 480,000 Funtov'. Vyshina 20 Funtov' 7 dyumov." (Cast in 1733, the weight 480,000 Funt. Height 20 Funt, 7 Diuim.) .
H: 5 3/4 in.